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How amazing is this?
Artist Nicholas Rougeux has removed the words from many of the world’s great texts, creating unique visual depictions of punctuation.
The results are fascinating! Learn more about the books with no words project here.
QUESTION: Which classic book would you like to see Nicholas work with?
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